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post #21 of 38
4/9/07 at 7:09pm
Mommiska and others... your welcoming advice is awesome. I didn't start the thread but am glad to have participated in it. I look forward to doing lots of learning, researching, reading... and probably will read way more than I post but it seems that everyone is very open to that. I know I will have my eyes opened - and yes, will choose some options and leave others behind that don't appeal to me.

I am learning that this mothering thing is a lot about doing your research and then going with what feels right to you...
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post #22 of 38
4/9/07 at 8:35pm
Thread Starter 
Thank you everyone for your warm welcome and advice!

I will try and be careful about where and what I post. Thanks especially to angelcat and shakti. I do fall into the 'sorta' camp on some topics, so I'll try and lurk more and glean what good info I can without rocking the boat (especially with circumcision and gentle discipline).

Thank you too to nova scotia mom, It's wonderful to see other new moms that have similar feelings. And thanks for this:

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I am learning that this mothering thing is a lot about doing your research and then going with what feels right to you...
It's so true! And, it's a good reminder for me as I enter the crazy world of parenting.
post #23 of 38
4/9/07 at 8:49pm
Hi there from a semi crunchy senior member mama. I came here b/c I was really interested in AP. Not crunchy at all (read disposable diapers, no recycling etc) I think most people here pick and choose which things they are interested in and want to discuss. I am active in the Toddler board, and single parenting. I dabble in natural home care/personal care. I love the cooking boards. I read alot in gentle discipline but never post there. There are some that I don't go to at all. spirituality, crafts, diapering etc.

There is so much valuable info here for everyone depending on your interests and needs.
post #24 of 38
4/9/07 at 8:53pm
Like pp I've gotten crunchier since I joined! I mostly joined because I had a friend who was really into it. I am very AP, but I have the opposite political views of most people on here and am not very crunchy! If a forum starts to bother you, don't post, and just avoid it! Stick around though there is TONS of cool stuff!!! WELCOME!
post #25 of 38
4/9/07 at 8:53pm
Hi bumperbee,

Im a newbie myself...but also a semi-chrunchie so thought Id say hello as well! I am still bfing my toddler, use cloth nappies & san pro wanted a home birth (but didnt get it : ) have decided to Home Educate DS & consider myself to be aligned with an attachment parenting style...but only co-sleep occasionally (mainly thorugh habit as DH smoked when DS was born so couldnt at first) & have never got to grips with baby wearing either....might try with my next babies...but am happy if I dont as we were happy doing it our way with DS...other stuff like ECing & non-vaxing interest me...but Im not sure I will ever have the time, inclination or the guts to do them....

...Something that is very often said at the LLL meetings I go to I think (from my newbie pov) can be applied here: "...you will hear some stuff that you will agree with & some stuff that you will feel definately isnt for you...& there is not pressure to change your mind...you can just take away with you the bits you do agree with..."
post #26 of 38
4/9/07 at 9:55pm
Welcome! MDC has changed my perspective on a lot of things, very educational.
post #27 of 38
4/9/07 at 10:24pm
I'm a little like Angel Cat -- not too sure I fit in here. I lurk a lot and have found some great information, but I'm usually too intimidated to post.
post #28 of 38
4/9/07 at 10:28pm
Welcome! There are people of all levels of crunchiness here. But some issues aren't about being crunchie but about being truly informed (the circumcision and vaccination forums being two of them).
post #29 of 38
4/12/07 at 2:26am


Welcome to the community! Glad that you're here! :

post #30 of 38
4/12/07 at 2:39am
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Originally Posted by Sheacoby View Post
Welcome! There are people of all levels of crunchiness here. But some issues aren't about being crunchie but about being truly informed (the circumcision and vaccination forums being two of them).
yeah, that . not everyone eats granola (i had a coke with real sugar- no hfcs, i guess that's a little crunchy earlier, and it was pure bliss), but being informed and kind has very little to do with 'crunchiness'- as if 'mainstream' moms want to hurt their kids or let them cry, right? knowledge is everything, and what you do with it.

welcome!
post #31 of 38
4/12/07 at 4:22pm
Hi bumperbee!

I'm also new and "semi-crunchy". I'm crunchier than most of my friends and family (for instance, I haven't even told anyone that we're planning a natural childbirth because I know I'll get negative feedback), but around here I'm definitely on the conservative side! Still, after checking out some other, more mainstream parenting forums I quickly realized I'll fit in better here than anywhere else.

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Originally Posted by NovaScotiaMom View Post
Mommiska and others... your welcoming advice is awesome. I didn't start the thread but am glad to have participated in it. I look forward to doing lots of learning, researching, reading... and probably will read way more than I post but it seems that everyone is very open to that. I know I will have my eyes opened - and yes, will choose some options and leave others behind that don't appeal to me.

I am learning that this mothering thing is a lot about doing your research and then going with what feels right to you...
Well said, NovaScotiaMom!
post #32 of 38
4/23/07 at 1:17am
Welcome to MDC!
post #33 of 38
4/24/07 at 5:35am
Welcome, welcome!
post #34 of 38
4/24/07 at 8:22am
Well I´m considered ¨crunchy¨ by my friends and family because I own and use a sling and I´m ¨still¨ breastfeeding exclusively (my daughter is only 7 months old) : and because we eat mostly organinc produce. However we also vax, we don´t co sleep and I use disposable diapers (just to name a few things) Thatś just what we do. So I would probably be considered very ¨not crunchy¨ here. But I still enjoy reading different posts.

I like to read the different forums to get different points of view, whether I agree or not, itś neat to hear the other side. I mostly interested in the breastfeeding, and gentle discipline forums. But I´ve also learned alot from the Vax forums and circ forums ( I don´t have a boy, but if I do I´m leaning toward...no)
post #35 of 38
4/25/07 at 3:48pm
Welcome!!
post #36 of 38
4/30/07 at 3:47am
Ah, a kindred spirit! I fall squarely into the "somewhat crispy" category, too. I've been involved with this site for about a month now, and I pick and choose, too. I had a natural birth (at a hospital), breastfeed my 10-month-old daughter, cloth diaper and use a sling carrier (both part-time), buy organic as much as I can when/if the sticker shock doesn't kill me, make my own baby food, wouldn't circumcise, am really interested in home and water births, etc.

BUT, my daughter gets all her vaccinations, I believe strongly in the public schools (yes, I know they have their problems-- me and my DH are both teachers), am willing to spank someday if needed as a last resort (I hope I won't have to), and so on. You have to do what's right for you. I hope to hear from you sometime! Whereabouts do you live?

Take care, Stacy
post #37 of 38
5/1/07 at 4:08pm
post #38 of 38
5/2/07 at 12:53am
I've also been a relatively recent lurker on MDC who'd put herself in the "semi-crunchy" category who's really been a bit shy to post. It's good to hear that there are others out there and I'm guessing it's easy for our experiences and thoughts to get lost among some of the more vocal, more "crunchy" opinions out there.
It really has been hard to figure out exactly where I fit in parenting-wise and being in-between can sometimes be pretty isolating.
Example... I'll put myself out there and offer up the fact that I'm an MD (ob/gyn none-the-less) but plan to keep my mouth shut about most medical related stuff more because I know I've only heard one side of the story and I don't feel I have enough concrete knowledge about the non-medical side of the picture to pass judgement. I spend my days at work with super-moms who have nannies who work 60+ hours per week and find the most exciting part of parenting to be buying the trendiest baby gear who look at me with blank stares when I showed them pictures of me with baby in a sling.
On the other hand, as a full-time working mother, support structure for attachment parenting practices are limited given that most support/play groups are focused on weekdays, and many of the concrete practices are just not practical - cloth diapers at day care just wouldn't fly and gerber baby food will just have to do. I guess that's where on-line support comes in.

I guess that's just a long winded version of saying Hi.

-Radhika, mama to Ethan 9/06 and wife to Fred
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